It is a great pleasure to see you.
I want to congratulate you upon the excellent law for the administration of the National Guard that has been passed by t...
The Civil War has left you as a heritage of honor not merely the memory of mighty deeds done in it.
I want you to remember now that you are on the verge of Statehood, that whether you can feel proud or not of your State ...
I want to say how deeply touched I am by the reception accorded me.
If the average citizen does his duty, you will have a good State, and you will not otherwise.
All I need say today of them in speaking to you of the great war, is that we tried in the little war to show that we had...
A glorious memory is the best of all things for a nation, if the purpose of that nation is to try to rise level with tha...
I believe you are paying heed to the education of the young people, of these girls and boys that I see before me, who in...
If a man is to be an advantage to the community in which he lives he must be a decent, square dealing man, who does fair...
But all of that will not avail if you don't have the right type of men and women in the State.
Then it will lie with you to see what kind of a State you make of it.
We are proud now of what our fathers did in the days that tried men's souls.
If he will do something that is not exactly straight for your advantage, he will do it quicker for his own advantage.
It was the greatest war of the century, and it left behind the most perfect peace of the century.
If your citizens act as well in peace as those of them I knew in war, it will be a mighty good State.
I need not tell you that what really counts in any State is the character of the men and women who make up that State.
I earnestly hope that as you enter Statehood you will realize the immense responsibility that rests upon you.
